What did Tyrannosaurus rex really look like? Depending on which artist's impression you look at, the carnivorous king of the Cretaceous was a dull grey, an earthy brown, maybe a dark green... perhaps it was ochre, or even the colour of a ...
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Mazda will launch its second generation of Skyactiv engines by the 2020, with a view to improving fuel economy by 30 per cent. The ‘Skyactiv 2’ engine range, as it will be known, is set to supersede Mazda’s current ...
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It's not a bird, not a plane. But it could be someone's personal drone coming to the skies near you. Some of the flying objects being shown at this week's Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas include items that are for play, personal ...
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Competition may have a high cost for at least one species of tropical seaweed. Researchers examining the chemical warfare taking place on Fijian coral reefs have found that one species of seaweed increases its production of noxious ...
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Kid-safe tablets and smartphones are hitting the market, giving parents more control over how the mobile devices are used. Hollywood studio DreamWorks has joined the move, introducing its DreamTab at this week's Consumer Electronics Show ...
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For electronics buyers, inventory control tends to be one of the most challenging aspects of procurement and supply chain management. Making the hurdle especially cumbersome is that fact that purchasing agents are often responsible for ...
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Maybe you read my post a few weeks ago predicting the end of the marketing campaign. My colleague Jennifer Beck sure did, because she's pretty much beaten me about the head with it ever since. "That's wrongheaded," she said, referring to ...
Using a mouse model, US researchers have linked neurodevelopmental symptoms similar to those seen in autism spectrum disorder (ASD) patients to changes seen in the bacteria in the animals' guts. ASD is diagnosed when individuals exhibit ...
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The need for energy efficiency in the numerous critical and energy-consuming operations of the chemical and petrochemical industry is lending impetus to the automation and software solutions market in Southeast Asia (SEA), Australia and New ...
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Due to their rapid improvements in a short amount of time, perovskite solar cells have become one of today's most promising up-and-coming photovoltaic technologies. Currently, the record efficiency for a perovskite solar cell is 15% and ...
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The big trends this year were an increased focus on cooperation and hand-offs between networks, an increased focus on privacy and security, and questions about how to make money from it all. Download Podcast Subscribe to Podcast ...
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The Canadian Shipowners Association (CSA) has formally sought a legal review in the United States of the implementation dates found in the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Vessel General Permit (VGP). The VGP imposes requirements ...
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Features include Fuhu's WIngs Learning System, video art lessons from DreamWorks animators, an app store and Nabi Play Hollywood studio DreamWorks is entering the children's tablet space with its Android-powered DreamTab. The firm has ...
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An international team of astronomers has discovered the first Earth-mass planet that transits, or crosses in front of, its host star. KOI-314c is the lightest planet to have both its mass and physical size measured. Surprisingly, although ...
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As the National Pork Board sets its course for 2015 through 2020, the organization's strategic planning task force was recently presented an analysis of top trends in the economic and food production environment that are most likely to ...
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